Kunstsammlungen Zwickau

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The following after the change called for reorientation process of democratization and consolidation for some time. The most urgent task was to expose the serious gaps in the collections and to conclude. It has been possible in the 90 years, mainly to supplement with important works by Pechstein and Bleyl the collection of "modern classic ". But even country working, born in Zwickau artists such as Rosa Loy, Hartwig Ebersbach and tungsten, it was to win for the collection. The acquisition of a 10,000 sheets comprehensive private collection in 1996 were increasing the stock of the graphic collection. The awarding of the Prize Pechstein, it is possible to purchase works of the winners like Carl Friedrich Claus, Alfred Hrdlicka , or Arno Rink for the collection, the young art has arrived in the form of Pechstein Prize carrier.
Until today, the unit of museum and library receive construction, even if the focus of museum collections for the move of the civic history department in the museum complex "Priest Houses" in 2003 in favor of the extensive art collections has deposited. In the now-landmarked Museum present the Zwickau their valuable art collections stocks in permanent and changing exhibitions.

represented artists

Ernst Barlach      Max Beckmann      Marc Chagall      Lovis Corinth      Honoré Daumier      Otto Dix      Conrad Felixmüller      George Grosz      Erich Heckel      Karl Hofer      Alfred Hrdlicka

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner      Paul Klee      Käthe Kollwitz      Max Liebermann      Franz Marc      Emil Nolde      Karl Schmidt-Rottluff      Max Slevogt